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Orthotrichum Peckii S. <j& Z., ined. 



Stems tufted, simple or sparingly divided, -i^-G" higli ; leaves 

 lanceolate, acute, costate to the apex, recurved on the margins, 

 minutely papillose; areolation snbrotund above, quadrate below; 

 capsule terminal, subimmersed, oblong, eight-ribbed and yellowish- 

 brown when dry ; peristome single, teeth eight, divided to the base, 

 the parts sometimes separating and appearing like sixteen distinct 

 teeth ; calyptra tawny, pilose with long hyaline dentate hairs ; 

 spores subglobose, rough, .0005'-.0006' in diameter. 



Damp, shaded rocks. Helderberg Mts. June. 



This moss usually presents a sordid, uninviting appearance. 

 The foliage is dark green or blackish, and is often iucrusted by 

 minute alg?e. 



Orthotrichum sordidum S. (& Z., ined. 



Trees. Sharon Springs. June. 



This plant is larger than 0. Ohioense S. & L. (formerly 0. 

 Canadense\ and more branched. The dry capsule is pale yellow 

 as in tliat species, ribbed and slightly contracted below the mouth, 

 with the peristome double. Our specimens are not in proper con- 

 dition for full description. 



POLYTRICHUM STRICTUM MeilZ. 



Swamps and summits of the Adirondack Mts. June and July. 

 This was formerly deemed a variety of P. junljjerhiuDi^ but it 

 is now regarded by most bryologists as a good species. 



Htpnum Peckii Austm n. sj?. 



" Csespites cineraceo vel Ijete virides. Caulis tenuis, strictus, 

 vage vel subpinnatim raraosus, late ca3spitosus, prostratus, inter- 

 textus, fragilis. Folia conferta, e basi anguste lanceolata erectaque 

 longe filiformi-aciiminata, leniter falcata vel substricta ; acumine 

 ilexuoso summo apice serrato varie directo, basis angulis rotundatis, 

 baud excavatis, subrotundo-areolatis ; areolis cgeteris oblongis line- 

 aribusve, omnibus minutis valde chlorophyllosis ; costa in acumen 

 producta. Flores monoico-polygami; folia pericliaitialia externa 

 costata, baud sulcata (juvenilia), intima minuta, angustissima, 

 ecostata. Flos masc. parce paraphysata, foem. eparaphysata. 

 Folia perigonialia subseque lata ac longa, apice abruptissime fili- 

 formi attenuata, distinctius costata. Fructus ignotns." Austin 

 IIS. 



Kocks in Panther Gorge, at the eastern base of Mt. Marcy. July. 



This moss, by its prostrate and closely entangled mode of 



